SMJ vs. CTO, BILN, VANL, KINO, HERC, GYG, RAI, TGP, NEXS, and AUK
Should you be buying J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC include TClarke (CTO), Billington (BILN), Van Elle (VANL), Kinovo (KINO), Hercules Site Services (HERC), GYG (GYG), RA International Group (RAI), Tekmar Group (TGP), Nexus Infrastructure (NEXS), and Aukett Swanke Group (AUK). These companies are all part of the "engineering & construction" industry.
J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC (LON:SMJ) and TClarke (LON:CTO) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking and earnings.
TClarke has a net margin of 1.32% compared to J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC's net margin of 0.74%. TClarke's return on equity of 14.11% beat J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC's return on equity.
TClarke has higher revenue and earnings than J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC.
J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC has a beta of 0.17, suggesting that its stock price is 83% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TClarke has a beta of 0.74, suggesting that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.
TClarke received 14 more outperform votes than J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.31% of users gave J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC an outperform vote while only 52.50% of users gave TClarke an outperform vote.
In the previous week, J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled TClarke'saverage media sentiment score.
J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. TClarke pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. TClarke pays out 4,285.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
1.9% of J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.2% of TClarke shares are owned by institutional investors. 80.8% of J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 56.4% of TClarke shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
TClarke beats J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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